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AB - 39_NBS121509.qxd 11/10/09 8:58 PM Page 169 Biomedical Safety & Standards Concise, accurate news reports for medical device safety professionals BS&S FEATURE December 15, 2009 Volume 39 Number 22 N95 Respirators Provide No Better H1N1 Protection Than Surgical Masks IN THIS ISSUE Researchers Retract Findings; Hospitals Balk at CDC Guidance Recalls & Field At least one state, Ohio, is allowing health care staff to use surgical masks Corrections—Class I for protection against H1N1 transmission, instead of following Centers for Manual Pulmonary Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) guidance recommending use of N95 Resuscitator ..............169 respirators during routine care of patients with influenza. The N95 respirator Premie and Meconium is the most common of seven types of particulate-filtering respirators. Kits ..........................171 Recalls & Field Although the CDC emphasized a hierarchy of controls to prevent H1N1 trans- mission, the recommendation for N95 respirator use by all staff members, treating Corrections—Class II all confirmed or suspected cases of H1N1, was met with resistance. A major con- Suction Pump............171 cern has been a shortage of this equipment given a possible pandemic this winter. Mechanical Ventilator ..................171 Additionally, Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) standards require both fit testing of the respirator to each caregiver, which 
TI - Image Workstation
JF - Biomedical Safety & Standards
DO - 10.1097/01.BMSAS.0000365222.43051.90
DA - 2009-12-01
UR - https://www.deepdyve.com/lp/wolters-kluwer-health/image-workstation-hmsehig4Ou
SP - 173
EP - 173
VL - 39
IS - 22
DP - DeepDyve
ER -